About Five Stars Builders

Five Stars Builders is a licensed general contractor in Southern California, CSLB License #1103138, verifiable at cslb.ca.gov. We built the business around a single realization: buyers who close on a new-construction home move into a finished house and a yard of bare dirt. The builder handed over the keys. The landscape was never part of the deal.

Turning that dirt into a finished backyard usually means calling a landscaper for planting, a separate contractor for patios and hardscape, another for a pergola or outdoor kitchen, and then discovering the HOA has design guidelines that apply to all of it. Homeowners end up managing three or four vendors, three or four schedules, and an HOA submittal process none of them fully understands. That is the gap Five Stars Builders was built to close.

We manage the entire backyard as one project under one contract: design, HOA submittal, permits, hardscape, landscaping, and outdoor living features. You get one point of contact and one team accountable for the result, instead of coordinating separate trades yourself.

HOA approval is often the biggest source of delay for new-construction communities, so we handle plans and submittals in-house rather than treating them as an afterthought. We prepare the drawings the architectural review committee expects and manage revisions until the project is approved.

Every project starts with a free design consultation at your home. We walk the lot, talk through how you want to use the space, and note any HOA guidelines that apply to your community.

From there we build a 3D design so you can see the finished backyard before any ground is broken, and adjust the layout before it becomes concrete or plants in the ground. Once the design is approved, we define a fixed scope of work and materials in writing before a contract is signed, so there is no guessing about what is included.

What does a new-home backyard specialist actually coordinate?

A bare lot is not a single landscaping task. The design has to account for drainage, utilities, easements, HOA rules, permits, hardscape, planting, irrigation, lighting, and the order in which each part is built. Five Stars Builders focuses the early conversation on how the household will use the space, then turns that brief into one coordinated path from plan to construction.

Homeowners can review our new-home backyard process, compare specific backyard services, and find local guidance in the Southern California service-area directory. Every proposal should be evaluated against the property, current community rules, and applicable license scope. Our only stated credential is CSLB License #1103138, which can be checked directly through the Contractors State License Board. For an address-specific conversation, call (818) 740-6519 or use the contact page.